Awesome Inc

Enable. Ai is a social media analytics solution making cutting-edge machine learning and natural language approachable to business users. It provides better performance metrics by identifying real moments of engagement and delivers insights on how to build better content for your audience.  Brian comes from the Enterprise software world, having led efforts at recognized brands like Johnson &a...

Jake Miller is CEO of Toggle Health , a med-tech company that aims to dramatically improve surgical workflows by providing surgeons with a wireless, sterile controller to access their digital world without having to leave the sterile environment. Jake has 25 years of product development experience, 20 of which were focused on launching new businesses & startups in the healthcare space for comp...

Mac Wilkinson is the founder and CEO of Moolathon . Moolathon is a social fundraising platform and fitness tracker. It gives charities, teams, and groups of all sorts the ability to raise money and awareness for a cause with the miles that a user may run or walk.

This episode contains a recap of the experiences of three individuals who participated in Startup Weekend Lexington 2019.  Logan Jones is from Ashland, Kentucky and currently lives in Lexington, Kentucky where he recently graduated from UK. He works at Awesome Inc and also works to expand the business he started in 2017, KY Elevated Drone Imaging . Logan is the Producer & Co-host of the M...

Destin George Bell is a senior at the University of Kentucky studying marketing. He shares his story about the company he founded LifeOffU in college. From a young age, when he started selling candy out of his backpack to walking around the neighborhood with a lawnmower in high school, he’s been fascinated with business & finding ways to make money for himself. Since coming to the UK, he start...

Mo Sloan of EZ-Chow sits down to share a little about his company and his personal life and he is onboarded and accepted into the Awesome Inc Fellowship Program. Mo Shares that in order for restaurants to be profitable and thrive in the digital age today, it's important for hospitality organizations to begin operating as e-commerce businesses. His solution is EZ-Chow. EZ-Chow provides an all-in-on...

Since 1984, NetGain Technologies has delivered IT services to companies across the South Central U.S. NetGain Technologies managed services allow clients to focus on their business growth, and Tim Burke, CEO NetGain Technologies' success, is secure in the knowledge that their IT infrastructure is always operational and serves their needs. With a multi-state regional footprint and a three-decade pe...

Zach Jenkins of Syndicate is an extremely talented designer based in Louisville, Kentucky. He enjoys building brands and developing products, and when he’s not working he enjoys Mountain Biking, Rock Climbing, and Ale8. A few years ago, he released a product for Pelican that launched about as successfully as one could hope! His Spartan Cases MDX Lid Organizer exploded on Kickstarter . Spartan is d...

Austin Willard is the founder of the Faithful Platform . In his life and work, he focuses on building relationships and stewarding what God has given to him. He is constantly exploring new opportunities for growth in the jewelry and wedding industry. Outside of work he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter, playing golf, and fishing.  He is on the session (of a Congregation) at Tate...

Chase Minnifield is a former defensive back for the Washington Redskins and three-time entrepreneur who was recently inducted into the 2019 class of Forbes 30 under 30. He currently serves as CEO of EZ Turn , the only vendor management digital platform that enables property managers in the student housing business to more efficiently manage, invoice, and communicate with contractors. In its first...

Alex Reed co-founded cleaning startup Truman’s following more than a decade at fan and light manufacturer Big Ass Fans, where he led an expansive marketing division that helped the company grow from $30 million in annual sales to more than $250 million. Alex used innovative approaches to grow the company’s customer base by nearly 40 percent annually. At the same time, customer loyalty became so st...

Matt Miller is the founder of RAADZ , a digital advertising company that aims to revolutionize the way people interact with ads. He is the visionary behind the idea and the developer who created the platform. In all parts of life, he strives for improvement, thus how RAADZ was born. Outside of continuously improving the digital advertising world, he enjoys sports, games, and most outdoor activitie...

Logan Burchett and Steven Plappert are the founders of Forecastr , a SaaS model to help startups with their financial planning. They see their product becoming the "Quickbooks" for financial planning and analysis. Logan Burchett is the Outsourced CFO, and head of FP&A at Venture First. He has constructed over 100 financial models for startups, CFO for various startups, and helped to raise mill...

With 30 years of restaurant experience, Rob Perez has seen first-hand how to build restaurant brands and how prevalent addiction is in the industry he loves. Along with his wife Diane, he founded Dv8 Kitchen as a social enterprise focused on giving second chance employment opportunities to people in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction through vocational, on-the-job training.  Dv8 Kitchen...

Chris Sullivan is a co-founder of the Outback Steakhouse restaurant company and a member of the Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.  Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame profile | Founders Series video Chris is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and while in college, he would work the busy seasons down in Fort Lauderdale to pay for school, which was his first entry into the restaurant ind...

Chase Fairchild with Manchester Coffee Co. and Manchester Studios is the prime example of the Enneagram's Type 7: The Busy, Fun-Loving Type: Spontaneous, Versatile, Distractible, and Scattered.  Chase, focuses on building relationships first in life and work. He lets people know they come first. He is constantly exploring new opportunities for growth and looking to see where he can connect wi...

Allen Warford (formerly) with A Cup of Commonwealth, Chocolate Holler , and KRFT Goods is a design guru and entrepreneur with an architectural background and a decade of small business experience. Allen resides in Lexington, Kentucky, and highly values his people. His community and values are driving factors in his entrepreneurial and creative pursuits. A Cup of Commonwealth's mission is: Embrace...

Morgan Franklin of Atlas Trust Real Estate is one of the co-working tenants of Awesome Inc and is always keeping things interesting. During our 2018 Summer Retreat, he led a session on something he cares passionately about, sales . Morgan is a digital marketer who excels within the real estate industry and is in the top 1% of all agents nationwide.   He has a background in corporate finance a...

We hear from the 40th company to be accepted into Awesome Inc's Fellowship program, OmniLife .  Eric Pahl shares the why behind OmniLife - an unfortunate career-ending motor vehicle accident left his friend (and co-founder) Dalton Shaull , a former University of Iowa football player, with paralysis in his right arm, in addition to family members being waitlisted for organ transplantations. Hi...

In part two, Keith identifies why you need to know your story as a startup. He notes that as people, we relate to stories well, and this is connection founders need to be able to use to their strengths when networking and working with customers.  Additionally, we hear from Smart Rotation 's founder, Madison Hartung , as she shares the "why" behind her company - Smart Rotation provides automat...

In this first episode, Keith McMunn shares about Awesome Inc’s flagship entrepreneurial program, The Fellowship . He goes in-depth about his role and what exactly the Fellowship program is. He points out how we serve startup companies across the state of Kentucky while making note of some insights he's observed within the entrepreneurial world. And, Keith talks about naming the newest addition to...

APAX Software Senior Developer Dave Mitchell reflects on his involvement and gained experience after participating in the 2018 Startup Weekend Lexington event. 

Recorded live from Base 110 on Lexington Entrepreneurship Day (LED), Curt Jones the founder of Dippin' Dots discusses how he started his company and how Pearse Lyons, the founder of Alltech, both encouraged and influenced him to follow his passions. LED is designed to celebrate, support, and learn from some of the greatest entrepreneurs. The events offered throughout LED promote the local Startup...

Recorded live from Lexington Entrepreneurship Day (LED), Keith McMunn of Awesome Inc interviews Aidan Connolly . Aidan is the former Chief Innovation Officer Alltech & current CEO of Cainthus. He discusses the legacy of Pearse Lyons , the founder of Alltech, and his influence on entrepreneurship across the Bluegrass.  LED is designed to celebrate, support, and learn from some of the great...

A brief history of Lexington, Kentucky's Awesome Inc , the Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame, and the role we've played a role in the Kentucky entrepreneurial ecosystem.